Questions tagged [recovery]
The body rebuilding itself after injury or training stimulus.
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What are some signs of overtraining?
I'm currently working out 5-6 days a week, typically 3 days of weights and 2-3 of HIIT/Tabata. My focus is on strength and endurance training (not size). When I feel tired I take a day off...some ...
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My legs still ache 3-4 days after legs day
I have been working out for ~6 months and have worked my legs once per week throughout this time, on their own day.
My legs, especially my quads, ache to the point of finding it hard to walk, ...
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What happens to your muscles when you stop working out for several years?
I go through spurts of working out. I'll decide to get a gym membership, achieve decent results over six months, and then, for whatever reason at the time, I'll stop and won't exercise at all for ...
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Can you overtrain?
This goes along with a prior question, what over-training signs to look for. Is there such a thing as over-training? or is it that you injure yourself from lack of proper training and don't perform ...
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Using a Foam Roller
Recently a personal trainer recommended I use a foam roller for muscle massage and flexibility. Most research I've done on the web simply states the roller 'massages the muscle' or 'breaks down scar ...
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What happens when you miss a workout?
Normally I get to the gym Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and try to lift a little bit more weight than I did the time before.
Today everything has gone wrong and I am not going to be able to make it ...
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Trouble falling asleep after a workout at night
It started happening a while ago and has been getting worse. I usually workout from 6-7 in the evening (unfortunately can't workout any time before that due to my schedule) and go to bed around 10:30 (...
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What's the time threshold for a drop in performance when taking a break from training?
Whenever I go on vacation, the dilemma in my head is, should I try to work out there? Or just take a break from everything and resume when I get back.
The worry is that a break would cause some ...
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Should I wait until my muscles are 100% free of any signal of soreness before training for strength again?
I am trying to avoid injuries at all costs while still training for strength. I seem not to have the greatest recovery ability (42 yr male, healthy but unable to sleep more than 6 hours a day on ...
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Is sleep necessary for recovery?
In terms of recovery, is there a difference between lying in bed watching TV / reading and actually sleeping?
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When/How to do a comeback to the training regime after a couple weeks break?
This might have been asked before, phrased in a different way but how do you go back to your training regime after a couple of weeks break, due for instance to a cold infection?
I normally try to ...
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Do we need contiguous sleep for gains?
We know that sleep is important for gains, but does that sleep need to be contiguous?
What if we slept in phases, each time waking up after REM sleep, and then going to bed a couple hours later?
Or ...
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What's an appropriate recovery period after a summit event?
After a big event (in my case a weekend tennis tournament), what's an appropriate recovery time before continuing to workout again?
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Eating before/after an evening workout?
If I'm working out in the evening (an hour of cardio at, say, 8pm-9pm), should I have dinner before or afterwards? What effects will it have on a) my workout if I eat beforehand and b) my recovery if ...
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what's the reality that keeps progressive strength training from being constant?
I'm looking at my progressive intermediate weight training program, and I'm a little more than halfway through my 12 week program. As expected it's been terrific, I've steadily been gaining strength ...
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Arranging powerlifting and martial arts workouts for optimal recovery
I am following Johnny Candito's Linear Program for powerlifters. Essentially, the program goes as follows:
Mon: heavy lower day (competition style squats and deadlifts)
Tue: heavy upper day (...
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Are there any specific exercises I can do to strengthen my knee?
I find after strenuous exercise (competitive basketball specifically) that my knee needs a couple days to recover. Are there any specific exercises I can do to strengthen the joint and reduce my ...
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How can I best recover for a second strength workout on the same day?
I'd like to do two strength workouts in the same day, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. With this goal in mind, what strategies can I employ throughout the day so that I'm as fresh as ...
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Ankle exercises with bosu ball
Years ago I tripped in a hole and got a 3rd degree ankle sprain. One of the exercises the physiotherapist told me was to use a bosu ball and do circles with while standing with both feet on it. I ...
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What exercises can I do to recover my left hand's grip strength?
I recently sprained my left wrist slightly. Since then, I've noticed my grip in my left hand has been significantly reduced. I'd like to regain the grip strength I had in this hand, as I used it ...
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Proper sleeping time after tough workouts?
Everywhere it is written to "sleep well" to lose weight and build muscle.
I wonder what is the "correct" number of sleep hours? For Cardio workouts? Weight lifting?
If I'm doing a more intense ...
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How can the CNS possibly need recovery after a strength workout?
In the last days I have read here and there some comments about CNS (central nervous system) fatigue produced by heavy lifting, and about allowing recovery for the CNS, not only the muscles.
It does ...
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Why are compound exercises better than isolation exercises for mass gain?
I commonly hear that compound exercises are the best mass builders, but I just can not understand why. Yes, they can save time by doing more at the same time. I also realize that they involve ...
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Working out while slightly ill
I'm a novice weight lifter, currently going to the gym 3 times/week for an hour each time. I recently came down with a head cold. I know that if I go to the gym I won't be able to hit my usual max ...
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Can light activity on recovery days accelerate progress?
I am just starting off and have made a 3 days per week routine with body weight and dumbbell exercises. I am not seeing much of a progress in terms of fat loss two weeks into the routine.(I do 16-20 ...
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Should I take days off from working out - regardless of what my workout schedule is?
I'm currently working out where I alternate between cardio and weightlifting, and on my weightlifting days I alternate the body parts I target. Doing this I work out everyday, the idea being since I'...
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Hip stretches - recover from piriformis syndrome and hard gluteal muscles
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Due to a one sided sport I intensely practiced for a good portion of my teenage years(rowing in a team with only one oar per person), I have ever since experienced an awkward tight feeling ...
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Do I need to take creatine and L-glutamine on rest days to maintain a load?
I use creatine and L-glutamine for my workouts, typically taking the L-glutamine about an hour before my workout, and creatine immediately after. (I don't take them together because I understand they ...
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Why is my speed of thought reduced on days after doing a lot of sports?
I have noticed several times that my speed of thought is significantly reduced on days after doing a lot of (very tiring) sports. I notice this since I'm working on my master's thesis, thus having to ...
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Rotator Cuff Exercise in The Context Of A 5 Day Workout
I apologize if this already has an answer, but the wither questions all seemed slightly different, so I’ll give it a shot here and see what I get.
Currently I have a five day work out plan setup like ...
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Any suggestions on dealing with a longer-term shoulder injury?
I jammed my shoulder a few years ago while catching myself in a skateboard fall, and since then, it has had issues, off and on, where during periods where it bothers me, I can't do pushups or dumbbell ...
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Taking a break from weightlifting - how often?
I am doing exercises with weights 3 times per week. I started training 2 years ago and have made steady progress. I have lost weight gained strength. I had a very strict routine and I pushed myself to ...
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Does over training exist?
Is it true that overtraining does not exist but its instead just under-recovery as to not rest,sleep,drink and eat enough?
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Window to utilize protein after weightlifting?
Suppose I did a weightlifting session at an intensity that stimulates muscle growth. At what period of time after the session does my consumption of protein stop contributing to the growth of the ...
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Is it really necessary take one entire week to rest from running?
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first of all I know there is a similar question Here, but it is more related to muscle workout (if it's a duplicate please close that without problem)
I started run seriously in april, before ...
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why do we need more rest when lifting heavy?
in relation to this question below:
possible paths to increase bench press from 140kg (308 lbs) to 160 kg (352 lbs) - for 1o reps
rest time which is around 48-72 hours at the level you are, or ...
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Avoiding Tendinopathy (suggested rest interval to prevent chronic pain)
tl;dr - Starting to feel slight tendon pain. How long should I rest before it's OK to hit the gym hard again.
Background:
I recently decided to end my winter hibernation and got back into rock ...
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What is the minimum amount of time someone might need for muscles to recover?
I know there have been answers to this question, but I'm looking for something specific.
The workout has just been completed. Now, what is the minimum amount of time required for the muscle group ...
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Recovering from rolled ankle
I very recently rolled my ankle playing basketball. It is nothing serious, but in the wake of the injury my ankle has definitely been hurting when I walk.
What steps can I take to ensure a proper and ...
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Weakness in shoulder a few days after archery. Why did I get weaker why?
I am a 14 year old girl, and not in very good shape. 5 days ago I went to archery practice, with my 40lb bow.
The first 40 arrows weren't a problem for me, but when I got to 50 I began to shake. I ...
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ITBS recovery methods, techniques, advice
I got into triathlon about 2 years ago and developed ITBS last year. It was severely debilitating. After seeing a specialist, taking the specialists advice, which consisted of: a 6-8 month break, a ...
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Is deloading already useful or not?
I recently read about a Deload-Week (doing about 40-60% of either the weights or reps you usually use/do for a week) in order to give your muscles a little time to recover without completly stopping ...
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Studies About Rest Time
I'm trying to figure out how long I should rest between exercising a particular muscle group.
Have any studies been done that correlate the muscle-mass gain with the number of days between sets?
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